Course Outline
Fall 2008
Instructor: Susan Boland Email:sboland@tcc.edu
Office: Pungo (F) 120 Office Phone:822-7286
Office Hours: MWF 9:30 -12:30 www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/SBoland
T 12:00 – 1:00
R 1230 – 120 G 105 (Open ESL Lab)
Textbooks and other required materials:
Silberstein, Dobson, Clarke
The University of Michigan Press
Students must understand that used books which have been written in will NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR CLASS. Students who come to class with a book that has been written in w ill be asked to return to the bookstore to buy another clean copy.
Course Prerequisites: Satisfactory grade in ESL 05 or Placement Test.
Course Description: ESL 06 is designed for students who need additional practice in English language use and reading strategies in order to meet the challenge of college-level reading requirements.
Course Objectives: At the end of this course students will be able to apply a variety of reading strategies to college-level reading material. Students will be able to understand a new vocabulary word using both context clues, grammatical structures, and the English system of prefix, affix, suffix and stem words. Students will be able to recognize descriptive writing, arguments, evidence, bias, and inferences as well as determine a cause and effect relationship.
Course Content: Class time will be spent in a variety of activities. During class we will work extensively in the textbook and review homework assignments. Students will also complete a fiction reading assignment and a vocabulary development project.
Method of Evaluation: There will be the following graded assignments in ESL 6:
Assignment: To receive an S (satisfactory) in ESL 6 :
Three Reading Skills Tests Students must maintain an average of 80
on these three tests. Dictionaries are not allowed.
Six Reading Assignments Students must maintain an average of 80
on these six reading assignments. Three are
completed in the classroom
Vocabulary Project Students must complete Part One and Part Two
of this project with a minimum grade of 80
Fiction Reading Assignment
& Book Conference. Students must complete this assignment
with a minimum grade of 80.
Final Exam Students must pass the final exam with a
minimum grade of 80.
If a student does not meet the above criteria, the student will receive a grade of R (Re-Enroll) or U (Unsatisfactory).
Students are responsible for being aware of the policies, procedures, and student responsibilities contained within the current edition of the Tidewater Community College Catalog and Student handbook. Students should familiarize themselves with the College’s policies regarding academic misconduct and inclement weather policies found in the Student handbook section of the catalogue.
Plagiarism is the intentional or accidental use of another person’s words or ideas as your own. Cheating involves copying another person’s homework, looking at another person’s exam, test, or quiz, or using unauthorized notes while taking a quiz, exam, test or writing an in-class writing assignment. Students who cheat or plagiarize will receive a failure in the class.
Attendance: If you miss more than 20% of scheduled class time, (more than 6 classes), you will receive a U. Arriving late and/or leaving early is considered one-half an absence. Students are responsible for work missed due to an absence. When you are absent, you should contact a classmate or your instructor to find out what was missed and/or assigned.
Learning Resources: Students will be encouraged through out the semester to use the resources available in the Learning Resource Center. The Language Lab on the second floor of the Bayside Building is especially helpful for ESL students. ESL students should also avail themselves of extra help available in the Open ESL Lab on Thursday from 1230 -120.
Special Needs: If you have special needs because of a documented disability or medical condition, please feel free to discuss this with your instructor during her office hours.
Course Schedule
Week One
Chapter One Reading Skills pp. 1 - 28
Vocabulary Development Project
Week Two
Chapter Two
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment One
Week Three
Reading Selection Assignment One Due
Chapter Three Reading Skills pp 59 - 94
Reading Skills Test One (Chapter One & Chapter Two)
Week Four
Chapter Four
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment Two
Week Five
RA 2 Quiz
Fiction Week / Chapter Fourteen
Fiction Reading Assignment
Week Six
Chapter Five Reading Skills pp 125 - 146
Week Seven
Chapter Six
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment Three
Week Eight
Reading Selection Assignment Three Due
Chapter Seven Reading Skills pp171-205
Reading Skills Test Two
Week Nine
Chapter Eight
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment Four
Week Ten
Reading Selection Assignment Four Quiz
Chapter Nine
Reading Skills pp 241- 258
Week Eleven
Chapter Ten
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment Five
Week Twelve
Reading Selection Assignment Five Due
Chapter Eleven
Reading Skills pp. 287 – 316
Reading Skills Test Three
Week Thirteen
Chapter Twelve
Reading Selections
Reading Selection Assignment Six
Week Fourteen
Reading Selection Assignment Six Quiz
Chapter Thirteen; Longer Reading
Vocabulary Development Project Due
Week Fifteen
Chapter Thirteen: Longer Reading
Vocabulary Development Project Returned
Book Conferences (Last Week for Fiction Reading Conferences)
Reading Skills Review
Week Sixteen: Final Exam
REMINDER: Grading Criteria
Three Reading Skills Tests (Weeks 3, 8, 12)
Students must have an average of 80 on the three reading skills tests to pass ESL 6.
Six Reading Assignments (Week 2, ( Week 4 w/ in class quiz) ,
Week 7, ( Week 9 w/in class quiz),
Week 11, ( Week 13 w/in class quiz)
Students must have an average of 80 on the six reading assignments to pass ESL 6.
Vocabulary Development Project
Assigned Week One
Due Week 14
Students must hand in a completed vocabulary development project
in order to pass ESL 6.
Book Conference (Reading for Pleasure)
The grading criteria for the Reading for Pleasure/Book Conference Assignment will
be given to students at the end of Week Five. Students must conference with their
instructor as part of this assignment. Conferences can be scheduled once the student
has completed the book. The last week for conferences is Week 15.
Final Exam
Students must pass the final exam with a grade no lower than 80. The final exam will
be in two parts: a longer reading with questions (students may use the dictionary) and
a vocabulary development section (students may not use the dictionary).
Please see the attached 2008-9 calendar for specific dates.